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[Chris Boonzaier]

Is this a pionier? and what does a knife like that cost nowdays?

[Brian Wolfe]

Hi Chris,

I purchased one of these a few years back for around $75.00 and traded it off last year for a value of $300.00 Canadian. I'm sure they are worth all of that plus.

I was told that these were issued to pioneer regiments and used in either Austria or Brazil (probably both). An old catalog of the 1960s from a large arms dealer in Florida lists this as Austrian.

This is the first one I've seen worn in a photo. Nice photo.

Cheers

Brian

[Josef Rietveld]

It is a Faschinenmesser f?r Pioniertruppen Modell 1862. I add picture of mine, made arround 1917/18 whem leather became rarer and rarer and they used canvas instead.

the leather pieces rank between 200 and 300 USd, canvas is much rarer.

haynau

[Josef Rietveld]

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